Much remains unknown about the mystery illness forcing Jesse Jackson Jr. into hiding, but last night's disclosure that the congressman is being treated for "mood disorder" at an inpatient care center gives mental health experts a better sense of what he's dealing with.

After 32 votes to repeal President Obama's health care reform bill, Democrats and Republicans are out of fresh talking points on the law. But worry not: you can never run out of strained pop culture references.

In a rare interview with German TV, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dismissed the idea that he and Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi have anything in common, but we can help him think of at least a few things.

At the Aspen Ideas Festival, we're asking the gathered range of financial and political jet-setters one big question a day. Today: How does the Supreme Court's decision to uphold Obamacare alter the legacy of Chief Justice John Roberts?

The outcomes of Supreme Court cases are notoriously difficult to predict, but that hasn't stopped some of the top legal minds in the country from venturing educated guesses as to how the high court will rule on the Affordable Care Act.

For the last year, Rep. Darrell Issa has masterfully sustained the media hype surrounding his cause celebre Operation Fast and Furious, but at the final crucial moment, the vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt this week, he's setting himself up for a media blackout.

Is there anything more terrifying (to a guy, at least) than a pack of determined males trying to cut off part of your penis? In the southern Ugandan town of Mbale, where a non-coercive circumcision campaign aimed at reducing HIV transmission has metastatized into forced circumcisions, that nightmare scenario is a reality.

If your friends gave you $376,000 to stay out of jail, the least you might want to do is drop a hint that you're skipping town. But none such courtesies were extended to Julian Assange's donors such as Michael Moore, who now face losing all the bail money they posted for the WikiLeaks founder.